Monthly Archives: October 2017

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Anonymous launches ‘Free Catalonia’ cyber attacks on Spanish government

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Credits: UK Express

The online activist network announced it was launching “Operation Catalonia” after taking down a number of state-owned websites in recent weeks.

The latest cyber attack took place on Tuesday night, when the Royal House website was taken down by hacktivists.

That […]

By |October 28th, 2017|Cyber News|

What is the Bad Rabbit cyber attack that’s spreading across the globe?

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A new cyber attack is affecting computer systems around Europe.

What is it?

A strain of ransomware known as “Bad Rabbit” is believed to be behind the trouble.

Cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab, which is monitoring the malware, has compared it to the WannaCry […]

By |October 28th, 2017|Cyber News|

RAF (Royal Air Force) recruits cyber experts to probe planes’ weaknesses

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Credits: Telegraph

The Royal Air Force is recruiting cyber security experts to check its aircraft for weaknesses, amid fears hacking attacks on planes will play an increasing role in future conflict.

RAF commanders have been advertising for cyber experts to take jobs checking aircraft and […]

By |October 28th, 2017|Cyber News|

NHS could have avoided WannaCry hack with ‘basic IT security’, says report

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Credits: Theguardian

The NHS could have avoided the crippling effects of the “relatively unsophisticated” WannaCry ransomware outbreak in May with “basic IT security”, according to an independent investigation into the cyber-attack.

The National Audit Office (NAO) said that 19,500 medical appointments were cancelled, computers at […]

By |October 28th, 2017|Cyber News|

Coinbase Offers $50,000 Hack the World Bug Bounty

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Bug bounties are an increasingly used initiative by businesses to find code issues and security problems through incentivized hacking. Bounty payouts reward hackers to expose companies to problems before potential bad-actors might.

Head of Security for Coinbase, Philip Martin, blogged, “We’re thankful to […]

By |October 28th, 2017|Cyber News|

T-Mobile Alerted ‘A Few Hundred Customers’ Targeted By Hackers

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Credits: Motherboard

T-Mobile has alerted hundreds of customers who were targeted by cybercriminals trying to hijack their SIM cards.

The company contacted the targeted customers over the last two weeks, after Motherboard revealed that a bug on a T-Mobile website allowed hackers to access […]

By |October 28th, 2017|Cyber News|

TV news ‘hack’ sees bitcoins snatched

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Credits: BBC

Two French hackers used their computer skills to reconstruct a blurred-out code on TV and claim bitcoins worth $1,000 (£760).

Michel Sassano and Clement Storck had seen an interview with entrepreneur Roger Ver on French television.

Mr Ver had offered $1,000 to […]

By |October 28th, 2017|Cyber News|

Equifax, reeling from hack, still has no earnings report date

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Credits: Reuters

Equifax Inc (EFX.N) is running out of time to schedule its first quarterly results report since the massive breach that exposed sensitive data on 145.5 million people and erased more than $4 billion of the credit reporting firm’s market value.

The […]

By |October 28th, 2017|Cyber News|

Airport, railway Wi-Fis hotspots for cyber attacks, warns govt agency

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Credits: Timesofindia

Browsing internet using public wireless computer network at railway stations and airports may leave you vulnerable to cyber attacks+ , government agency Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-in) has warned.

The nodal agency for responding to computer security incidents in India has rated […]

By |October 20th, 2017|Cyber News|

India is quietly preparing a cyber warfare unit to fight a new kind of enemy

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Credits: Indiatimes

Recently, Pakistani hackers compromised 10 Indian websites which included National Aeronautics, Army Institute of Management and Technology, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Army Institute of Management, and the Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences.

The hacker group — Pakistan Haxor Crew […]

By |October 20th, 2017|Cyber News|